ESEE Laser Strike Knife Review: A Little Workhorse

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@matthewlallemand7715 2 года назад

Another Awesome video!!! The Esee Laser Strike was my first Esee purchase, and I Love it!!! Also added the Esee Altoid survival kit attached to the knife with the Esee survival pouch. I have since also picked up the Esee Izula 2 with the micarta scales set up on a Bladetech tek loc for scout carry. Many more to come.

@samuelblake3172 2 года назад

I love this knife. I picked one up recently, and attached a Condor Knife and Tool pocket pike fishing kit to the sheath. I placed several feet of fishing line and sinkers in the handle, as well as waterproof matches in the Pocket Pike sheath and a firestriking strip from the box of matches. I love the way the knife feels in my hand, and the weight and balance. I always wanted one of the TOPS versions of it years ago, and regretted never having purchased one. So glad to see this back on the market. With the modifications I've made I believe this to be a great overall survival knife, especially for the price.

@wetfrombirth84 10 лет назад

After watching this review and others on this knife I decided to buy it. The knife is everything I wanted. I have never had a knife feel better in-hand. Nice balance, weight, and feel. Great quality, and the thing is shaving sharp. Thank you for the solid review it helped a lot!

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

Awesome! I am glad the video helped your purchasing choice. That is the whole reason GT exists. Enjoy your new blade!

@hangtowngunner218 7 лет назад

Just ordered me one of these! Can't wait to get it! My first ESEE, I've always wanted one badly.

@SteveSmith-sd5hq 7 лет назад

Hangtown Gunner How do you like it?

@jkukurugya 10 лет назад

Thanks for this great review, I've been going back & forth between this & the Esee 6, think I'm going to get this one 1st & wait on the 6 until later.

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

Right on!

@Nightknight159 10 лет назад

I love lasers and especially when they strike things!

@waltero3035 8 лет назад

Great vid! One of my favorite knives second to my BK-16. Mabuhay!

@DisabledPrepper 4 года назад

Excellent, thank you very much for this review. I shall be ordering one for my Birthday in February. Warm regards, DP.

@mazzy2121 8 лет назад

Subscribed and watching many of your knife vids right now. Your name implies prepper gear to me ("tactical") but I just scrolled your uploads and notice you are reviewing many things I will be using and either need to purchase or possibly rethink my original purchases. Thank you for the very informative vids so far and for your comparisons within your vids i.e. 'ESEE 4 - I'd go with xyz instead due to this feature or that feature'. It helps someone like me a lot, who is looking for just an overall camping knife but doesn't know enough about knives to know the pluses and minuses to look for when selecting. I see you even have a dog pack review which I will be watching later since I've decided to take my pup from car camping into backpacking this coming summer. I may need a little more than proper gear to pull that off though, considering my 100# pansy-in-wolf's-clothing really likes her bed and there's no room for that in my pack. lol

@Mike-id8gu 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for this video. I added a L.S. to my collection and it is one of my favorites. For me, weight and practicality are my biggest considerations since I use these combined during camping and hiking activities. I have an Esee 3; Esee 4; Esee 6; and a TOPS B.O.B...but prefer my L.S.

@joshhuwa9601 10 лет назад

The Esee and Rat videos are great!! Well done!

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

Thanks so much for the support!

@MeltyCheeeze 10 лет назад

Great reviews. Many thanks for sharing.

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

Thanks!

@CliffStamp 9 лет назад

Nice point about the depth of the index finger secondary choil with heavy gloves.

@gideonstactical 9 лет назад

Cliff Stamp Glad to help!

@steeltrident 10 лет назад

Great video as usual. As far as the laser strike being a TOPS design I believe it was a Jeff Randall (ESEE cofounder) design produced by TOPS before they went to Ontario knife company to produce their designs (excluding the LS) and was re introduced sometime after production by Rowen began.

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

That is what I have discovered as well.

@mplsatty 9 лет назад

steeltrident That was exactly what I was going to add. Randall has no problems with TOPS' reintroduction in the Black Star -- he actually wrote a comment to that effect in one of the forums. Ditto on the great video, you do really well with conveying exactly the information I'm looking for & then some. I just wish you wouldn't stab live trees. I unsubscribed to you before over exactly that issue, thought I'd subscribe again as I started watching this video -- & there it was, more tree torture. Resubscribed & re-unsubscribed with one video.

@msb2948 Год назад

@@mplsatty Shame you can't trust his judgement on discerning wether there is a surplus of over grown trees as they are a very reliable resource. We grow and replant thousand on my ranch and we even grow sustainable hardwoods for the musical instrument market. Take your unjustified animus and go to Cali or Idaho where there is so much under management that millions of acres of timber burn due to not thinning. Learn facts.

@mplsatty Год назад

@@msb2948 Sorry, it took some time, but I'm finally learning facts. I have so much unjustified animus. I'll get back to you again soon, headed to Idaho & California now...

@COWBOYJDUB 10 лет назад

Did you or could you do a direct comparison video between this knife and the TOPS BOB? I know you've done a video on the BOB as well, but a comparison/epic battle between these two fierce competitors would be awesome!

@austinfailner6345 2 года назад

Aaron! Love your channel still coke back to your old vids for data. I know you love the field buddy these days. But I’m wondering if you’d compare this, that field buddy, and the esee 4hm or tops Bob for example with your updated experience from the years. Cheers my friend!

@XMetalChefX 2 года назад

I gottq say i did a lot of research on knives. I quickly fell for ESEE... Simple. Easy. Utility. Nimble to use as a camp knife. Wont process game well but thats what the scalpel knives are for! I should also add that you c n make a wedge from a piece of wood and use it for bigger stuff

@TheSadowskiFam 10 лет назад

I know in your review of the BOB, you said you preferred it personally over the Esee LS, but I would LOVE to see the two in a side-by-side performance comparison and I've been waiting for it for quite a while now. I'm currently beating the crap out of myself trying to decide between the two, weighing different pros and cons of each knife, and the trade-offs are just impossible to decipher between. If you can do that, you'd definitely be my #1 gear review guy!lol Thanks for the awesome reviews aside from that; imo you give a pretty good comprehensive and insightful view on the various p.o.u.'s of your gear. Keep it up, guy!

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

Thanks Matt, I no longer own the Laser-Strike. The BOB is the one I would recommend getting first, then get the laser-strike if you are not blown away with the BOB.

@TheSadowskiFam 10 лет назад

That sucks. I've actually been looking at different options of inhibiting rust on the 1095 like a forced patina or maybe some kind of clear duracoat, because one of the turn-offs of the BOB for me is the risk of rust; even though it looks cool and cuts smoother, the laser strike would require less maintenance. And the sheath of the LS has that awesome lock feature. How's your B.O.B holding up as far as corrosion, and what made you get rid of the L.S.? BTW sorry for the lengthy, tedious posts & questions.lol

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

It is doing well and if you keep it oiled you don't have to worried about it.

@TheSadowskiFam 10 лет назад

Right on, what are you using? You think rem oil would suffice?

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

I use a moist paper towel with vegetable oil. But any oil will do!

@luisloya1120 25 дней назад

Another great review!

@PerceptionVsReality333 5 лет назад

I was torn between this & TOPS Baja 4.5. but I'm getting the Baja 4.5.

@wartstein8814 8 лет назад

Thanx for the review, Aaron! I got one question, maybe you could help me out: Just received my new laser strike (ordered it based on your review). On one side there is just a hair of a gap visible between the scales and the tang (really minor, but noticeable compared to the other side). Is this normal with this knive, maybe cause there are no liners, or could this be an issue (since water might get into the recess inside the handle)? I´d really appreciate your help

@bonesrt66 7 лет назад

For some reason, the LS has that slight gap, mine has the same but I've had mine for 5 years with no problem with rust under the scales. I recently removed the coating from the blade only so now it requires a little more care.

@jkgkjgkijk 7 месяцев назад

Micarta soaks up blood kids-- not sanitary for cook work. He also fails to mention that the spine is not 90 degrees --which does disservice to the goodies in the handle.

@midwestoutdoorsman 8 лет назад

how would you compare it to the survive gso 4.1 and 5.1?

@seanb6986 6 лет назад

Cool video

@yupme989 6 лет назад

what would you recommend more for the military esee LS or esee 6

@KENAHIGHLANDER 2 года назад

How do you feel this knife compares to the CM6 as a tactical knife.

@JakeStAmand-qw2tq 9 лет назад

Great video this channel is my go to channel for all of my wilderness needs. You said in a previous comment that the Laser Strike and the 6 was your two favorite Esee knives. I'm stuck between the laser strike and the 6 and I don't know which one I should get? Could you help me with this. -Jake

@gideonstactical 9 лет назад

Jake St. Amand ESEE6 all the way. knifeworks.com for $113 last I checked. It will do a lot more for you.

@JakeStAmand-qw2tq 9 лет назад

gideonstactical thank you for the help

@vanlurton6068 9 лет назад

gideonstactical - Why? Not to split hairs or be terse, but these are two different knives. I would call the LS an EDC and the 6 a larger camping /survival knife. A better comparison would be the ESEE 5 or the RAT-5 for the LS. And the RAT-7 vs the ESEE 6.

@areee999 5 лет назад

I never had an ESEE, but I really like the looks of them. Micarta scales look awesome and are super comfortable but what I dont like of them is that they get dark when you spill oil on it.

@johnr.timmers2297 4 года назад

I noticed that too, so I actually rubbed a bit of oil, not a lot, on the handle scales intentionally to darken it just a little, and now I don't really have to worry about drops of oil, and it gives it a more used look, which I like

@georgekatsinis5224 Год назад

IDEA: Don't spill oil on it.

@jerms7100 10 лет назад

I currently have been using the BOB, but have been considering getting this one over the BOB, any recommendations/thoughts?

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

The Laser Strike is a great blade, but I use my BOB constantly and like the handle better.

@lovecraft4780 7 лет назад

I'm looking for a knife that is especially suited to slicing and carving, with a flat or high flat grind and a very strong, safe finger choil. I've already got the king of choppers OKC SP53. I don't need anything for batoning, just fine detail work. Got any recommendations? I was thinking maybe the Laser Strike or maybe the Esee 3. Certain Schrades have a good, safe finger choil, but none of them have that slicing flat grind... Any thoughts?

@SteveSmith-sd5hq 7 лет назад

Mad Max , I'd check out the TOPS Baja 4.5. Or Mora knives are good slicers, but they only come in scandi grinds (that I know of) and I'm not sure if any of them have finger coils.

@beaucrawford538 7 лет назад

Mad Max just get a Mora Number 1! its thin, has a scandi grind and can get either a stainless or carbon steel blade.

@Nightknight159 10 лет назад

ESEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

@classic979 10 лет назад

Feel free to send one down here to aus for a test and review

@FPShkED 6 лет назад

Esee 5. That's it

@johnnyairesman8 9 лет назад

For bushcraft and in the woods use would you then normally use the tops Bob over the laser strike?

@gideonstactical 9 лет назад

Bob

@johnnyairesman8 9 лет назад

OK thanks for letting me know both of them are great and I will get one of them in probably a month most likely the Bob.

@elrond3737 9 лет назад

Bob looks to be $40 more

@ThumbStuds 10 лет назад

Will a Large TEK-LOK work on the ESEE Laser Strike sheath?

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

No it will not line up with me.

@fishsoft92 10 лет назад

Weight aside. If you had to choose between this and the 5, which way would you go?

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

Laser strike and the ESEE6 are me two favorite ESEE Knives

@GAscout62 9 лет назад

I cant' decide on either to get the Ontario blackbird or the Esee laser strike. Which one should I get ?

@gideonstactical 9 лет назад

USArmyRangers18 After using both extensively I like the SK-5 more.

@flex93312 9 лет назад

HOOOAH brother! Ontario SK5 will be a better option for you, especially since it is made out of 154 CM, it will be rust resistant a lot better.

@ThumbStuds 10 лет назад

Should i get the the ESEE Laser Strike or the Becker BK 7? For a survival knife.

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

The BK7 will chop and baton better, but the ESEE will cut and carve a lot better. A happy medium in size and capabilities would be the ESEE6.

@ThumbStuds 10 лет назад

gideonstactical Thanks, so are you saying for a survival knife you would choose the ESEE 6 over the BK 7 And Laser Strike?

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

Yes if you are looking for one knife to do it all.

@classic979 10 лет назад

How can I win an esee laser strike. Looks like exactly what I am after. Would be perfect down here in australia

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

It is a nice blade!

@michaelroutson383 3 года назад

I like mine

@ThumbStuds 10 лет назад

Should i get Large molly locks for the ESEE Laser strike or small?

@TheHitman2528 9 лет назад

it all depends on your preferance my brother and i are making our Ls purchase sept 2015 i know thiss vid is two years old but who cares

@hercules678 Год назад

Is it suitable to skin a deer with the laser strike?

@ThumbStuds 10 лет назад

great review

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

Thanks!

@guusdejong2523 8 лет назад

why not chop with the baton? I think it would burn less calories

@guusdejong2523 8 лет назад

I didn't say anything, should have watched till the end first

@AlaskanFrontier1 10 лет назад

i hate the name of this knife but other than that its a pretty decent knife (i still like the fieldcraft knife more)

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

I am really looking forward to the BOB, but I really do dig this Laser Strike.

@tastlessalloy7 10 лет назад

Is it a scandi grind? Or a drop point?

@gideonstactical 10 лет назад

It is a spear point with a saber grind.

@thebeardedalchemist 2 года назад

I thought Esee 4 has a drop point ?!

@wolffo999 Год назад

whats the little notch for?

@gideonstactical Год назад

Which notch?

@wolffo999 Год назад

@@gideonstactical - there is a small notch just in front of the finger choil

@nickmegadeth6633 4 года назад

I don't like the handle and the choil on this one.. I believe a choil on mid to small knife like this is not needed. I prefer my esee cm6 but even the cm6 isn't perfect the handle is too thin.. Esee friend here but i can't find one of their products to be 100% good...

@thescrubspub4201 9 лет назад

3:18 is that an elk?

@thescrubspub4201 9 лет назад

The Scrubs Pub Thanks for the review btw, it helped me decide what knife i choose.

@thescrubspub4201 9 лет назад

The Scrubs Pub chose* oh man im not here today.

@clapforboobies5892 9 лет назад

Your friend is hilarious

@XMetalChefX 2 года назад

You didnt open it!

@jgbelmont 8 лет назад

Pronounced HOONGLAS!

@briantaylor340 6 лет назад

JGBLADES that explains why people look at me weird when I pronounce it jungle ass..

@markpoore3260 3 года назад

Why Chop with a knife when you can chop with an axe I can’t expect a knife to do what a axe is made to do

@Th3Acc0mplice 3 года назад

Why bring an axe on a long hike when you have a good knife? 😂

@markpoore3260 3 года назад

@@Th3Acc0mplice have you ever felled a 2 or 3 ft diameter tree with a knife if so I’d like to have one of those knives

@Airik1111bibles 3 года назад

It's not titled Esee Axe review. Just a guy reviewing a knife doing knife stuff.

@FPShkED 4 года назад

Esee 5 all the way. Be a man and don't complain about the weight! lol

@spectaculargameclips27 2 года назад

Hate battoning

@TunaPlusMayo 4 года назад

That's not the choil. You're using that word wrong.

@crowleykirk 9 лет назад

I have several ESEE knives. Love em and hate em. Won;t buy another one. Was just up in the Sierra's and it rained like crazy. I had to use my knife in the rain. I don;t carry oil on hte trail... maybe I should.. but really? Both my E3 and laser Strikes rusteed like crazy. Fist chance I got I oiled and shrpened but they are now stained. I'm going Bark River or F1.... never an ESEE again. They do not work in a real world outdoor environment. I feel ripped off.

@flex93312 9 лет назад

I agree. I have several as well, and I like the design of them all, but I am not sold on their reliability with rust. I actually baby ESEE'S more than my BARK RIVER"S, which are better looking. But I have never had any problems with my BARK RIVER'S and their customer service. They really stand behind their product. I have to say though, I have not have to use the warranty on the ESEE yet.

@sillygoose210_6 8 лет назад

Are you stupid? It's made from high carbon steel it needs oiling and care. That's like saying that you won't buy a car because you have to change the oil. It's a fact of life that steel rusts, it's not because the blade is low quality.

@flex93312 8 лет назад

+Tristan K You sir- are a FUCKING GENIOUS! Not!

@dicaeopolis8522 6 лет назад

They rusted through the coating? I don't understand. I used a carbon steel knife 4 years in Army with no coating, snow, humid environment, and desert. Still have it today with no rust.